Our team brings decades of experience developing evidence-based, data-driven policies, managing complex processes with diverse stakeholders, and driving systems-level organizational change. CJI’s energetic staff and network of consultants come from a variety of backgrounds in the criminal justice, public administration, and social science fields.
Meet the TeamA growing list of states and local governments are reforming their pretrial practices to enhance fairness, reduce unnecessary costs, and protect public safety. The Crime and Justice Institute helps jurisdictions analyze front-end criminal justice data and develop and implement policies and practices to reduce pretrial failure and pretrial spending by connecting defendants charged with lower-level, nonviolent
Facing rapid growth in the number of defendants held in custody while awaiting trial, Alaska implemented data-driven and evidence-based solutions to transform its pretrial system, freeing up resources to focus on identifying and mitigating risks defendants pose if released to the community and improving public safety.
The Florida State Senate contracted with the Crime and Justice Institute in 2017 to build on the Institute’s previous work analyzing trends in the state’s prison population by further examining the state’s criminal justice system, assess other states’ policies and make recommendations to alleviate strains on the system.
The population of Kentucky youth housed in juvenile detention centers and other out-of-home placements has fallen 40 percent in two years, outpacing predictions following the passage of Senate Bill 200 (SB 200), a sweeping juvenile justice improvement bill.
This toolkit is intended to provide information and guidance to those planning and implementing a reentry program for individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders reentering from jail or prison.
Hawaii enacted juvenile justice reform legislation in 2014. In the two years since then, the state has seen a 62 percent reduction in the number of youth sent to the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility. With fewer youth coming into the system, that leaves more time and resources to dedicate to rehabilitation.
Georgia enacted comprehensive juvenile justice reform legislation in 2012 aimed at reducing out-of-home placements for youth in the justice system, protecting public safety, and improving outcomes for youth. Since then the state has seen a 36 percent reduction in youth in secure confinement, an 11 percent reduction in youth detention, and a 46 percent reduction in commitments to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The state has invested $37 million since fiscal year 2014 in a grant program to work with providers of evidence-based community programs for youth.
This toolkit, based South Dakota’s experience, is designed as a resource for rural states that want to take a statewide, legislative approach to improving criminal justice responses to mental illness.
NASHVILLE – A diverse group of state leaders explored the challenges of responding to behavioral health issues, reducing recidivism, and other pressing needs facing Tennessee’s criminal justice system this week at a forum hosted by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) and the office of Gov. Bill Haslam.
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